//
// This code is part of Document Solutions for PDF demos.
// Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.
//
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf;
using GrapeCity.Documents.Text;
using GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.AcroForms;
namespace DsPdfWeb.Demos
{
// This example shows how to find and delete all occurrences of a text string in a PDF.
public class DeleteText
{
public int CreatePDF(Stream stream)
{
var doc = new GcPdfDocument();
using var fs = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "PDFs", "TimeSheet.pdf"));
doc.Load(fs);
// Delete dates and times using regex pattern:
var ftps = new FindTextParams(@"\d+/\d+/\d+|\d+:\d+| am| pm", false, false, 72, 72, false, true);
doc.DeleteText(ftps, GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.TextMap.DeleteTextMode.PreserveSpace);
// For reference, append the original PDF:
Common.Util.AddNote("For reference, the following page contains a copy of the original unmodified PDF.", doc.NewPage());
var docOrig = new GcPdfDocument();
docOrig.Load(fs);
doc.MergeWithDocument(docOrig);
// Done:
doc.Save(stream);
return doc.Pages.Count;
}
}
}